Search Results for 'Brain'

Fast-food logos are ‘branded’ on young brains: Study

LONDON, SEP 24:Scientists have discovered that kids love so much of junk food because the logos of fast-food companies have been “branded” on their young brains. Researchers from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and t [...]

Posted On : Sep, 25 2012 | Comments : 0

Stress and depression, linked in the brain

Scientists have taken a big step toward solving a longstanding riddle, identifying a key molecular pathway that leads from stress to depression. It may come as no surprise that stressful life events often precede episodes of major depress [...]

Posted On : Sep, 20 2012 | Comments : 0

Less than a pretty face: Brain scans show how a disorder lea...

Despite living in a culture obsessed with physical flawlessness, most people in the U.S. have a relatively realistic perception of their own form and face—blemishes, bulges and all. About one to two percent of the population, howeve [...]

Posted On : Feb, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Brain-training games stop depression before it starts

It may be possible to stave off depression before it even appears using brain-scanning software so simplistic in its design that even the psychologist testing it once bet it wouldn't work. Ian Gotlib's group at Stanford Univers [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Depression is not a 'brain disorder'?

I have always taken the conventional view that Professor David Nutt, the scientist sacked from the government's advisory council on the misuse of drugs for advising what the government didn't want to hear, was a man with his head [...]

Posted On : Jun, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Pessimists' brains may be wired that way

Pessimists may be born to take a gloomy view, a study hints. The study is trying to explore any link between genetics and depression. To that end, researchers at the University of Michigan conducted a study of how the brain responds to s [...]

Posted On : Feb, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

From drink and depression, rehab and religion to brain of Bu...

In appearances on Question Time and Countdown, plus his work as chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association, Burnley's captain Clarke Carlisle has done as much if not more than any other current player for the image of [...]

Posted On : Feb, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Brain Pacemaker Holds Promise for Untreatable Depression

According to experts, nearly 10 percent of all cases of depression are so severe that patients do not respond to any established treatment method. But stimulating targeted brain areas with a type of “brain pacemaker” has show [...]

Posted On : Feb, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Brain Changes Linked To Depression Caused By Light At Night

Exposure to even dim light at night is enough to cause physical changes in the brains of hamsters that may be associated with depression, a new study shows. Researchers found that female Siberian hamsters exposed to dim light every night [...]

Posted On : Nov, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Depression linked to chronic brain inflammation

Researchers from University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have said that chronic depression originates from more ancient mechanisms used by the body to deal with physical injury, such as pain, tissue repair and convalescent [...]

Posted On : Oct, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Maintaining a healthy brain

The world can be a scary and confusing place when your can't remember. Unrecognizable faces and places and repeated actions can become a way of life, and aren't a normal part of aging. They are the common signs of Alzheimer's di [...]

Posted On : Jan, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Tip of the Day: The brains biggest foe - junk food

The old adage that “you are what you eat” is especially true after you swallow down that last bit of greasy, junk food from the corner fast food drive-thru. It is also the brain’s biggest enemy. Here is why.New Orleans, L [...]

Posted On : Mar, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

Exercise Stops Brain Shrinking in Alzheimer's Patients

It is believed that a healthy mind lives in a fit body, and to keep the body fit experts say one should exercise every other day or 3 times a week. Concreting this belief further, two new studies have linked the fit body with less brain dam [...]

Posted On : Jul, 28 2008 | Comments : 0

Worry Spot Found In The Brain

Stanford researchers report that worrying about something before it happens might do more than just create knots in your stomach. They found that people who seemed to have higher levels of "anticipatory worry" - judged by b [...]